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3D part design with OpenSCAD #72: A fully customizable sluice box (part 1)

A cutomizable design for a 3d printed sluice box made with OpenSCAD.

By Bob 21 Jan 2024

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3d part design with OpenScad #71: Using hull and spheres to make a slinky and improve the thread module.

I was experimenting with using a sphere for the thread module to see what the results looked like and it works really well, the rendering

By Bob 13 Jan 2024

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3D part design with OpenSCAD #70: coiled tube module.

A simple example of how to make a coiled tube with OpenScad that can be 3d printed.

By Bob 10 Dec 2023

3d printed bearing

3D part design with OpenSCAD #69: Combining the bearing module with the Halbach module

Using OpenSCAD to make a 3d printed magnetic bearing or flat actuator.

By Bob 8 Dec 2023

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3D part design with Inkscape and OpenSCAD #68: Using SVG layers with the customizer.

An example of how to import layers from an Inkscape SVG file and make a 3d object with OpenSCAD

By Bob 3 Dec 2023

OpenScad

Using OpenSCAD and Gimp to make 3d objects for video

If you have ever wanted to add your 3D models to a video here is a simple method to do that.

By Bob 19 Nov 2023

PET bottle cutter

Making free filament from soda bottles part 1- A simple and accurate plastic bottle strip cutter.

A simple and accurate diy plastic bottle strip cutter using scissors to make free filament for 3d printing.

By Bob 10 Nov 2023

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3D part design with OpenSCAD #67: A sluice box riffle customizer.

An example using OpenSCAD to make riffles for a sluice box.

By Bob 21 Oct 2023

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3D part design with OpenSCAD #66: Circular text.

An example of how to make flat text on a circle using OpenScad.

By Bob 1 Oct 2023

3D part design with OpenSCAD #65 : Parametric parts organizer box with label.

An example of a parts bin with a customizable text label.

By Bob 29 Sep 2023

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3D part design with Inkscape and OpenSCAD #64: making corrugated riffles for a sluice box.

An easy way to make a corrugated panel with holes using Inkscape and OpenScad.

By Bob 24 Sep 2023

Inkscape

3D part design with Inkscape and OpenSCAD #63: making a custom shaped lithophane.

An example of how to make a custom shaped lithophane using Inkscape and OpenScad.

By Bob 22 Sep 2023

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3D part design with OpenSCAD #62 : High quality Lithophanes

An example of how to make a high quality lithophane with OpenScad.

By Bob 27 Aug 2023

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3d part design with OpenSCAD #61: a universal pegboard/perfboard module

An example of a perfboard module for OpenScad

By Bob 16 Aug 2023

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3D part design with OpenSCAD #60: a module for making 3d printable Halbach arrays.

A module for OpenScad to 3d print a frame to hold magnets for a Halbach array.

By Bob 5 Aug 2023